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Sunrise as close to Maceio and then we tantalisingly drove past Praia do Frances about 6.30am, where I wanted to be – silly me, didn't ask them to stop as thought it too early to arrive – if only I had known, it would take me until 10am to get back there, just 20km from Maceio! What a hideous waste of time and energy, as no direct bus from the terminal – have to go into town and ...

... beaches with "natural pools", one of which I landed in when I slipped on the rocks trying to stay on wet sand – the tread of my boots seems to direct sand to fill them. Not happy to be soaked in salty water and the bruise on my thigh came up immediately, Tom and Jerry style, though it soon subsided.

Finally tracked down a place with a proper coffee machine, which they hadn’t bothered ...

Our second port of call in Brazil was Maceio, 129 nautical miles south of Recife. This relatively small city of one million was much more like a resort town while still having poor neighbourhoods. It was lined with beaches, and safe from sharks due to a reef just off the coast. They boast tides of 3 metres, so that at low tide one can walk way out to the reef in just knee depth water. The economy is based on sugar cane, coconuts and oil ...

... towns with one main street. After we had checked in we dumped our bags in the room and made our way to the beach. The coastline of Maceió is scattered with reefs, you can take a jangada (like a mini sailboat) about 1km from the shore to a reef with a 'sand platform' which you can stand on and swim around and even get drinks and food in the water. It is best to visit at low tide as the water only comes up to your waist and is clear. Unfortunately ...

... supermarket or the spanish potatoes from kake. Coconuts were cheap at the beach, about 4 reals and the girls wear almost nothing sometimes. But time was too short to do a lot. The only excursion was to barra de sao miguel, a nice town were some marathon or something took place. Just to find the right bus in the center of maceio took me about an hour. But there, the port was really nice, tiny beach and small barraca ...